Captain Rajnish Shah claimed his flag state endorsement was suspended on 8 June for measures he took to protect his crew from exposure to COVID-19. The shipowners instigated an investigation into two events it claims […]
The Panama Maritime Authority (AMP), the flag state of the ill-fated bulk carrier Wakashio, has weighed in on the incident, saying that the vessel ran aground off Mauritius due to the deliberate actions of the captain […]
Captain Andrzej Lasota has been languishing in one of Mexico’s maximum-security prisons facing drug trafficking charges for 14 months with no sign of a trial on the horizon. Colleagues have expressed doubts over the legitimacy […]
The shipping industry must learn hard lessons from the Beirut explosion about vessel abandonment and stamp out its underlying causes To date, there have been more than 200 people killed, 5,000 people injured, and an estimated […]
A very large crude carrier (VLCC) under a charter hire of the Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) caught fire off the east coast of Sri Lanka while sailing to India. The blaze became known at about […]
A livestock carrier is feared to have sunk after being hit by Typhoon Maysak in the East China Sea section close to southwestern Japan. The Japan Coast Guard (JCG) said in a statement on 2 […]
The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF), which represents 1.4 million seafarers, cautioned against blaming the crew for the grounding of the bulk carrier Wakashio off Mauritius and the subsequent oil spill, citing the global COVID-19 […]
One near death, one near miss, and one ship adrift – log carriers have been under the safety spotlight in New Zealand ports this week. On 9 July 2020, the Auckland District Court fined C3 […]
Bangladesh is tightening vessel survey procedure, setting up the class-4 standard of vessels, and updating the manning requirements in a bid to ensure maritime safety and inland waterways. The move was taken after several Bangladesh-owned […]
A general cargo vessel was boarded by heavily armed suspected pirates who kidnapped five crew members 153 nm south west off the coast of Cotonou, Benin, on 2 July. According to IHS Markit AISLive ship […]
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